To be fair, Q > 1 in a research system and “commercial nuclear fusion” are two different things. I’m a lay person but it feels to me like SPARC has a good chanc

To be fair, Q > 1 in a research system and “commercial nuclear fusion” are two different things. I’m a lay person but it feels to me like SPARC has a good chance of Q > 1 this decade and reasonable that they could build a commercial system before 2040. I’m reminded of all the NASA people that were highly skeptical of SpaceX when they were getting started and I feel like these big institutions end up with a bias against new companies with new ideas.